Posted by Vijeta UniyalMonday, October 29, 2018 at 1:00pm10/29/2018 at 1:00pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced she will step down as
leader of her Christian Democratic party (CDU) after massive losses
in Sunday’s election in the key German state of Hesse. Germany’s
ruling CDU suffered a second electoral drubbing in almost a
fortnight, after voters in Bavaria and Hesse abandoned the
party...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalFriday, October 26, 2018 at 7:00am10/26/2018 at 7:00am

India has signed a $777 million missile defense deal with
Israel, Indian newspapers
report. State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
will supply Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missiles
(LR-SAM) for the Indian Navy.

The deal is another milestone in Israel-India defense
cooperation. Barak 8, as the missile defense system is known,
is a joint venture of IAI and India’s defense...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalWednesday, October 24, 2018 at 9:00am10/24/2018 at 9:00am

A leading Chinese bank, which acted as the main conduit for
payments to Iran, is halting financial transactions with the
Islamic Republic, Reuters news agency
reports. The state-owned Bank of Kunlun’s decision was made
“under pressure” of impending U.S. sanctions due to take effect
early November, news reports
disclose.

Posted by Vijeta UniyalThursday, October 11, 2018 at 12:00pm10/11/2018 at 12:00pm

The UK Supreme Court has ruled in
favor of two Christian bakers who refused to bake a cake iced with
the slogan “support gay marriage.” In a unanimous ruling, the
five member Supreme Court bench reversed the previous rulings,
upholding a business owners’ right to freedom of expression and
conscience.

Posted by Vijeta UniyalWednesday, October 10, 2018 at 7:00am10/10/2018 at 7:00am

France’s nationalist politician Marine Le Pen and
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini have announced
plans to
create a “Freedom Front” electoral coalition ahead of next
year’s European parliamentary vote. Speaking with Le Pen at a
press conference on Monday, Salvini called for a “common sense
revolution” to defeat EU’s political elite in the May...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalFriday, October 5, 2018 at 7:50am10/5/2018 at 7:50am

The authorities in Spain have dismantled a secret network
belonging to the Islamic State spanning across 17 prisons.
According to the police sources, ISIS operatives had formed a
‘prison front’ to recruit and indoctrinate potential jihadists
inside the country’s prison system.

Posted by Vijeta UniyalTuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:00pm10/2/2018 at 1:00pm

A German court has ordered the extradition of an Iranian
diplomat suspected of involvement in a bomb plot over to Belgium,
German media reported. Assadollah Assadi, a diplomat posted to
Vienna, was arrested by German police in early July for planning an
attack on an Iranian opposition rally in France.

Posted by Vijeta UniyalFriday, September 28, 2018 at 11:00am9/28/2018 at 11:00am

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the British opposition Labour Party,
said on Wednesday that he will recognize “the state of Palestine”
should the party win the next general election. “In order to help
make the two-state settlement a reality we will recognize a
Palestinian state as soon as we take office,” Corbyn...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalTuesday, September 25, 2018 at 12:00pm9/25/2018 at 12:00pm

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis told the European Union that
his country will not take another economic migrant. Refusing to
submit to the EU’s demand to accept immigrants crossing into
European outer borders, the Czech Prime Minister refused to
acknowledge any responsibility for foreign migrants. “I went
into politics mainly to look after...

The UK-based Muslim extremist groups “and their sympathisers
weaponise Islamophobia in an attempt to shut down legitimate debate
about Islamic extremism while undermining the general struggle
against anti-Muslim hatred,” Sara Khan, head of the UK...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalTuesday, September 18, 2018 at 11:00am9/18/2018 at 11:00am

Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to fire Germany’s
intelligence chief Hans-Georg Maassen after he refuted her claims
of right-wing “mobs” chasing migrants during the late August
demonstrations in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, German
newspaper Die Welt
reported.

“We have video recordings of [people] hunting down others, of
unruly assemblies, and...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalSunday, September 16, 2018 at 12:00pm9/16/2018 at 12:00pm

India, the second biggest oil customer for Iran, has begun
cutting Iranian crude oil imports ahead of the November deadline
set by the Trump administration, Indian newspapers
report. The United States is expected to
impose a fresh round of crippling sanction on Tehran in early
November, targeting the country’s oil industry...

Posted by Vijeta UniyalThursday, September 13, 2018 at 11:00am9/13/2018 at 11:00am

The European Union parliament has overwhelmingly voted to
censure Hungary over alleged “breaches of the EU’s core values.”
The vote triggered the “Article 7” procedure of the EU
constitution, paving the wave for economic sanctions
and other punishing measures.

Posted by Vijeta UniyalMonday, September 10, 2018 at 4:00pm9/10/2018 at 4:00pm

Sweden faces political impasse after ruling left-wing
coalition and the opposition center-right alliance failed to win a
clear majority in Sunday’s election. The biggest winner of the
night was the nationalist party, the Swedish Democrats, who
won 18 percent of the vote, compared to 12 percent in the 2014
elections.